All posts tagged ‘DLC’

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has been busy with the launch of three downloadable content (DLC) packs. Currently available are the Dinobot Destructor and Multiplayer Havoc Packs. I’m definitely looking forward to joining the battle as Grimlock. You can find out more about the DLC on the Transformers Game Facebook page.

To celebrate the release of the Dinobot Destructor pack, this weekend is a double XP weekend on Transformers FOC Multi-player. Don your favorite Dinobot skin and level up twice as fast through mid-day Monday.

We here at GeekDad are celebrating by giving away copies of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. We have five copies each for Xbox and Playstation to give away. To enter fill out the form below. I’ll be picking the lucky winners at random on Monday at 1PM Eastern.

I’ve had plenty of time to play through Mass Effect 3. This game has hit the gamer community like a storm with massive sales and some very contentious issues that hit the forums of gamers all around the world regarding paying extra for DLC the first day of release (and whether it was on the original game disc), and, of course, the three possible endings for the game (and whether BioWare will completely change or just add to the ending). These are all issues over which the game journalism community and gamers everywhere have discussed feverishly.

All of the above speak to the current model of how game developers are releasing game builds and thereafter making add-on DLC content available. These are issues that do affect the fundamental trust relationship of the gamer community and BioWare, as the multiple kerfuffles demonstrate. But, the real change happening, in my opinion, is the paradigm shift of video games towards being a true synthetic art medium. Video games are by their nature interactive experiences, where the game developer provides content in the game, and the gamer undergoes an intellectual (and very emotional) experience by immersing themselves in that content. In the case of an action RPG like Mass Effect 3, you encounter choices as you progress through and interact with characters, and you make choices that will change the storyline. Back to the synthesis of art in a moment.

Spoiler Alert! – Some minor spoilers for Mass Effect 3 appear later in this article. If you’ve read anything at all about the game, you’ve probably encountered most of them, but we wanted to make sure you were warned just in case.